Chapter 260: Zoro's Escape

Chapter 260: Zoro's Escape



Cherry held her hand above her eyes to shield them from the sunlight, an action that was wholly unnecessary at her level of cultivation, and watched Doflamingo crash through the roof of his own palace.

She pretended to wince and turned to Fujitora, who was trying to make his ears stop ringing after hearing a sonic boom from point blank range.

"He's probably still alive, right? No way he became a Shichibukai if he couldn't survive one punch from a little girl, right?" Cherry said with false concern.

"Well... probably. He did pull himself away from you pretty quickly, so that would have dissipated the force a bit." Fujitora spoke casually, as if he wasn't terrified of that 'little girl'.

"That's good. Hopefully he can pick himself back up soon so that Luffy can have a go at him." Cherry said with a nod. "By the way, you aren't going to get in trouble, are you?"

"Get in trouble for what?" Fujitora asked nervously.

"For failing to capture me of course. After all, a slippery piratess like myself could get away from even Sengoku. So they won't blame a blind man for losing 'sight' of me, will they?" Cherry smirked. Fujitora didn't see it, but he got the feeling she was smirking anyway.

"I'm not really one for lying..." Fujitora said.

"Who said you have to lie? I left about 30 seconds ago." Cherry said.

Fujitora's expression shifted to surprise and he focused on his observation haki. The impression he'd had of Cherry standing nearby was replaced by a den den mushi.

"Hohoho, you really did get me good. It's been many years since someone has fooled my observation haki. I still have room to grow, it seems. How did you do that?" Fujitora chuckled genuinely.

"Den Den Mushi can mimic a person's face, so all it takes is a little push for them to mimic a person's presence as well." Cherry spoke through the snail.

"And if I could see, I would have noticed immediately." Fujitora shook his head and walked away to meet back up with his subordinates.

...

Deep below the colosseum, amongst the scattered remains of broken toys.

"Why does this wall look so weird? A secret way out of this dump? There's no handle, so I guess I have to slash it open." Zoro spoke to himself, drawing one of his swords.

*BOOM*

"Hm?" Zoro hummed. He knew that he was meant to be waiting for a signal from the sock monkey, that being explosions he'd set off at one of the toy houses. 'Was that the signal?'

He was supposed to start causing a commotion when he heard the signal, but he was stuck in a trash pit at the moment. He also couldn't just draw attention to himself right after making a deal with this guy to help him escape.

"When we get out of here, we'll have to go our separate ways. I'll be making a ruckus so you probably don't want to get caught up in that. I'll give you a head start to get away, so you can at least take advantage of my mayhem." Zoro explained, hoping the man would be

understanding.

"Hm, it would be helpful if you can draw a lot of their forces' attention. Particularly the officers." The man said. "Very well. I'll wish you good luck once we're back on the surface."

The bird suddenly lurched, almost falling to the ground.

"What the hell?!" Zoro complained.

"Zorooooo-senpaiiiiiii! Please let me come with youuuuuuuu!" A man who looked like a rooster clung to the bird's leg and bawled his eyes out.

"Who the hell are you?!" Zoro exclaimed.

"That rotten bastard conked me on the head in a dirty sneak attack and made me look like a fool in front of Luffy-senpai and Cherry-Oneesama! I need to show them that I'm not a worthless sack of shit! Pleeeeeaaaaaasseeee?!" The rooster man cried and did his best sad

puppy impression.

Zoro had no idea what his deal was, but it sounded like he was an ally in any case. He also seemed eager to prove himself useful, so he could help him to wreak havoc according to the

plan.

"Fine." Zoro said.

"Not fine! We're losing altitude, you know?!" The paint brush man pointed out. "Three

people is too much for my Nuke Suzume to carry!"

"Ah, I can help with that! Just let me up!" The rooster insisted.